jì hóng dào ào rán dào ：“ fàng xīn ， yǒu wǒ zài ， zhè qún rén jué bù gǎn zài fàng sì 。”
纪宏道傲然道：“放心，有我在，这群人绝不敢再放肆。”
Ji Hongdiao said arrogantly, "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, this group of people will never dare to be so reckless again."
“ jiù suàn shì chén jiā ， xiǎng lái yě bù gǎn tóng shí dé zuì cè cè zhèn táng gēn hù fǎ táng 。”
“就算是陈家，想来也不敢同时得罪测策阵堂跟护法堂。”
"Even if it's the Chen Family, they wouldn't dare to offend both the Measurement and Strategy Hall and the Guardian Hall at the same time."
sūn lù yuǎn bào quán ：“ nà jiù xiān xiè guò jì xiōng le 。”
孙路远抱拳：“那就先谢过纪兄了。”
Sun Luanye gave a bow: "Then thank Brother Ji first."
“ wǒ cǐ xíng ， mù dì dì nǎi shì fú guāng zhōu 、 dà liè gǔ 。”
“我此行，目的地乃是浮光州、大裂谷。”
"My destination is Fuguang State and the Great Rift Valley."
jì hóng dào wén yán ， yǎn zhōng shǎn guò yī sī jīng yà ， ér tí xǐng dào ：“ cǐ xíng kǒng pà huò yǒu xiē zhōu zhé 。”
纪宏道闻言，眼中闪过一丝惊讶，而提醒道：“此行恐怕或有些周折。”
Ji Hongdiao's eyes flashed with surprise as he warned, "This journey might have some twists and turns."
kàn zhe sūn lù yuǎn yǒu xiē chà yì de yàng zi ， tā lèng zhù le ：“ zěn me ， nǐ bù zhī dào ？ yīn wèi zhī qián de xuán huáng dà dòng dàng ， zhè fú guāng dà liè gǔ yǐ jīng bèi jǐ yā 、 chóng xīn yù hé le 。”
看着孙路远有些诧异的样子，他愣住了：“怎么，你不知道？因为之前的玄黄大动荡，这浮光大裂谷已经被挤压、重新愈合了。”
Seeing Sun Luanye's slightly surprised expression, he paused: "Why? Because before the Xuanhuang Great Turmoil, the Fuguang Great Rift Valley was compressed and resealed. The landscape is already in ruins, making it difficult to enter from its original fissure..."
“ dì xíng zǎo yǐ miàn wú quán fēi ， xiǎng yào jìn rù dào yuán xiān de liè gǔ zhī xià ……”
“地形早已面无全非，想要进入到原先的裂谷之下……”
Sun Luanye frowned deeply.
sūn lù yuǎn méi tóu jǐn suǒ 。
孙路远眉头紧锁。
After a long while, he sighed: "If that's the case, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."
xǔ jiǔ zhī hòu cháng tàn yī shēng ：“ jì rú cǐ ， yě zhǐ néng jìn rén shì 、 tīng tiān mìng le 。”
许久之后长叹一声：“既如此，也只能尽人事、听天命了。”
Sun Luanye took along the slightly recovered Wu Liang Mirror and followed Ji Hongdiao towards their destination. The two clearly had a special relationship; on their way to the Great Rift Valley of Fuguang State, he detailed his reasons for this trip to Ji Hongdiao.
sūn lù yuǎn jiāng shāo shāo huī fù yuán qì de wú liàng jìng dài zhe ， gēn suí jì hóng dào ， cháo zhe mù dì dì dùn guāng ér qù 。
孙路远将稍稍恢复元气的无量镜带着，跟随纪宏道，朝着目的地遁光而去。
Of course, he downplayed and concealed the full power of the sudden Wind-Extinguishing Disaster emitted by the Wu Liang Mirror.
liǎng rén guān xì xiǎn rán bù yī bān ， qián wǎng fú guāng dà liè gǔ de lù shàng ， tā xiàng jì hóng dào xiáng xì jiě shì le cǐ xíng de yuán yīn 。
两人关系显然不一般，前往浮光大裂谷的路上，他向纪宏道详细解释了此行的原因。
"Are you suspecting that the site where we first discovered the Wu Liang Mirror was actually caused by it itself?" Ji Hongdiao didn't think much about it since he hadn't witnessed the terrifying disaster, only considering it a threat to Dao Companions.
dāng rán ， duì yú wú liàng jìng zhòu rán bào fā chū de mó miè fēng zāi de jù tǐ wēi lì ， yǒu le yí dìng chéng dù de dàn huà 、 yǐn mán 。
当然，对于无量镜骤然爆发出的磨灭风灾的具体威力，有了一定程度的淡化、隐瞒。
"Yes. Since this is the source of the Wu Liang Mirror, maybe we can find ways to deal with its destructive effects. Even if we fail, at least we'll gain experience..."
“ nǐ shì huái yí ， dāng chū fā xiàn wú liàng jìng de nà chù yí jì ， qí shí jiù shì yóu wú liàng jìng běn shēn suǒ zào chéng de ？” méi yǒu qīn yǎn jiàn dào nà kě bù de zāi è ， jì hóng dào yě méi yǒu duō xiǎng 、 zhǐ shì jǐn jǐn jiāng qí dàng zuò néng gòu wēi xié hé dào xiū shì de cún zài 。
“你是怀疑，当初发现无量镜的那处遗迹，其实就是由无量镜本身所造成的？”没有亲眼见到那可怖的灾厄，纪宏道也没有多想、只是仅仅将其当做能够威胁合道修士的存在。
Just as they were chatting, both their expressions suddenly darkened.
“ méi cuò ， jì rán shì wú liàng jìng de chū chǔ ， huò xǔ néng zhǎo dào yìng duì wú liàng jìng mó miè zāi jié de fāng fǎ 。 zhǐ yào zhǎo dào xiē jì lù ， jí biàn shì shī bài de ， yě néng dàng zuò jīng yàn jiào xùn ……”
“没错，既然是无量镜的出处，或许能找到应对无量镜磨灭灾劫的方法。只要找到些记录，即便是失败的，也能当做经验教训……”
They had discovered that a Dao Companion from the Chen Family was following them, just as expected.
èr rén zhèng liáo zhe ， què shì tóng shí miàn sè yī chén 。
二人正聊着，却是同时面色一沉。
"It's Chen Yaru."
yīn wèi tā men hè rán fā xiàn le chén jiā de yī wèi hé dào ， bù chū suǒ liào de gēn zài le shēn hòu 。
因为他们赫然发现了陈家的一位合道，不出所料的跟在了身后。
"Don't engage him. Get rid of him."
“ shì chén jiā chén ruò yǔ 。”
“是陈家陈若羽。”
Ji Hongdiao whispered telepathically.
“ bié gēn tā jiū chán ， shuǎi diào tā 。”
“别跟他纠缠，甩掉他。”
A white light circle enveloped them, and with the array enhancement, their speed suddenly increased several times over in an instant.
jì hóng dào chuán yīn dào 。
纪宏道传音道。
They vanished from sight within a blink of an eye.
yī céng bái sè guāng quān lǒng zhào ， zhèn fǎ jiā chí xià èr rén sù dù zhòu rán bào fā ， chà nà jiān kuài le shù bèi bù zhǐ 。
一层白色光圈笼罩，阵法加持下二人速度骤然爆发，刹那间快了数倍不止。
Seeing this, Chen Yaru hurriedly sped up to follow.
zhǐ zhǎ yǎn jiān jiù yǐ jīng xiāo shī zài le tiān biān 。
只眨眼间就已经消失在了天边。
After a moment:
chén ruò yǔ jiàn zhuàng ， yě lián máng jiā sù zhuī qù 。
陈若羽见状，也连忙加速追去。
"Brother Ji's Golden Cicada Shell Escape is truly a good trick."
piàn kè zhī hòu 。
片刻之后。
"Hmph. Dealing with these dim-witted alchemists shouldn't be too difficult."
“ jì xiōng zhè yī zhāo jīn chán tuō qiào ， dàng zhēn shì hǎo shǒu duàn 。”
“纪兄这一招金蝉脱壳，当真是好手段。”
Two ghostly shadows suddenly appeared and flew off in another direction.
“ hēng ， duì fù zhè xiē guāng zhī dào liàn yào de chǔn cái ， zì rán shì méi wèn tí de 。”
“哼，对付这些光知道炼药的蠢材，自然是没问题的。”
Having shaken off the Chen Family, they spent half a day to finally arrive at what was supposed to be the Great Rift Valley of Fuguang State.
liǎng dào xū yǐng hū de píng kōng xiǎn xiàn ， ér hòu cháo zhe lìng wài de fāng xiàng fēi dùn 。
两道虚影忽的凭空显现，而后朝着另外的方向飞遁。
Sun Luanye looked at the long dragon mountain range on the ground and grimaced.
shuǎi kāi le chén jiā de zhuī zōng ， yòu yòng le dà bàn tiān de gōng fu ， liǎng rén zhōng yú lái dào le suǒ wèi de fú guāng zhōu dà liè gǔ 。
甩开了陈家的追踪，又用了大半天的功夫，两人终于来到了所谓的浮光州大裂谷。
"Does Brother Sun remember the exact location from back then?" Ji Hongdiao asked.
sūn lù yuǎn kàn zhe dì miàn shàng yī dào lóng qǐ de cháng lóng shān mài ， liǎn bù yóu chōu le chōu 。
孙路远看着地面上一道隆起的长龙山脉，脸不由抽了抽。
After some thought, Sun Luanye replied: "I can only determine the general area. The rest is up to luck."
“ bù zhī dào sūn xiōng shì fǒu hái jì de dāng nián jù tǐ wèi zhì ？” jì hóng dào wèn dào 。
“不知道孙兄是否还记得当年具体位置？”纪宏道问道。
Just as he spoke, Sun Luanye suddenly sensed a message from his brother.
sūn lù yuǎn zǐ xì huí yì le fān ：“ zhǐ néng què dìng dà zhì fāng wèi 。 jiē xià lái jiù kàn yùn qì le 。”
孙路远仔细回忆了番：“只能确定大致方位。接下来就看运气了。”
"Brother, move closer. I seem to have a faint sense."
jiù zài zhè shí ， sūn lù yuǎn hū de gǎn yìng dào le dì di chuán lái de xùn xī 。
就在这时，孙路远忽的感应到了弟弟传来的讯息。
Sun Luanye was overjoyed.
“ gē ， zài cháo zhe xià fāng kào jìn diǎn 。 wǒ sì hū yǒu xiē wēi ruò de gǎn yìng 。”
“哥，再朝着下方靠近点。我似乎有些微弱的感应。”
He flew around the mountain and quickly pinpointed the source of the sensation.
sūn lù yuǎn dà xǐ 。
孙路远大喜。
"Wait."
lüè dì rào zhe shān mài fēi xíng le yī quān ， hěn kuài jiù suǒ dìng le gǎn yìng de suǒ zài 。
掠地绕着山脉飞行了一圈，很快就锁定了感应的所在。
Before Sun Luanye could forcefully enter underground, Ji Hongdiao stopped him.
“ děng děng 。”
“等等。”
He took out a flying boat: "Go in."
jiù zài sūn lù yuǎn zhǔn bèi zhí jiē qiáng xíng dùn rù dì xià de shí hòu ， jì hóng dào què shì lán zhù le tā 。
就在孙路远准备直接强行遁入地下的时候，纪宏道却是拦住了他。
"A Dust-Parting Boat?!" Sun Luanye was surprised but immediately climbed inside.
qǔ chū yī sōu fēi zhōu ：“ zǒu jìn qù 。”
取出一艘飞舟：“走进去。”
The Dust-Parting Boat turned into a yellow light and slowly sank into the ground like ice melting into water.
“ dù chén zhōu ？！” sūn lù yuǎn yǒu xiē jīng yà ， suí hòu háo bù yóu yù zuān le jìn qù 。
“渡尘舟？！”孙路远有些惊讶，随后毫不犹豫钻了进去。
Looking at the constantly changing layers of earth and the remnants of prohibitions, Sun Luanye sighed: "Thankfully, we have this treasure. Otherwise, it would be much harder."
dù chén zhōu huà zuò yī dào huáng guāng ， rú bīng róng shuǐ 、 huǎn huǎn chén rù dì xià 。
渡尘舟化作一道黄光，如冰融水、缓缓沉入地下。
Ji Hongdiao nodded: "It's also Chief Lu's reward. She has been busy at the Immortal Alliance headquarters recently, so she sent me to run errands for her."
kàn zhe zhōu wéi bù duàn biàn huà de tǔ céng ， yǐ jí qí zhōng fèi xū cán liú zhe de zhū duō jìn zhì qì xī ， sūn lù yuǎn gǎn tàn dào ：“ hái hǎo yǒu jì xiōng nǐ zhè bǎo bèi ， fǒu zé yào pǒ shǒu duàn le 。”
看着周围不断变化的土层，以及其中废墟残留着的诸多禁制气息，孙路远感叹道：“还好有纪兄你这宝贝，否则要颇手段了。”
The Dust-Parting Boat descended further, its body colliding with buried objects.
jì hóng dào diǎn tóu ：“ yě shì lù shǒu xí de shǎng cì 。 tā zuì jìn yì zhí zài xiān méng zǒng bù zhōng ， tuō bù liǎo kāi shēn 。 yú shì jiù mìng wǒ tì tā pǎo pǎo tuǐ 。”
纪宏道点头：“也是陆首席的赏赐。她最近一直在仙盟总部中，脱不了开身。于是就命我替她跑跑腿。”
Red and orange light glowed on the surface of the boat, neutralizing the impact.
dù chén zhōu yī lù xià xíng ， zhōu shēn gēn dì céng zhōng de yǎn mái wù bù duàn xiāng zhuàng jī 。
渡尘舟一路下行，舟身跟地层中的掩埋物不断相撞击。
Ji Hongdiao occasionally cast spells to enhance the boat's protective powers.
zhōu shēn biǎo miàn fā chū hóng chéng sè guāng máng ， jiāng chōng jī dǐ xiāo 。
舟身表面发出红橙色光芒，将冲击抵消。
"This Great Rift Valley is unknown from ancient times. It seems to be filled with so many ruins."
jì hóng dào zé shì bù shí qiā jué bù zhèn ， zēng jiā dù chén zhōu de fáng hù lì liàng 。
纪宏道则是不时掐诀布阵，增加渡尘舟的防护力量。
As they went deeper, they found numerous piles of bones, both human and of unknown giant creatures, shocking even the experienced duo.
“ zhè liè gǔ yě bù zhī dào shàng gǔ zhī shí shì hé chù dì jiè ， jìng rán mái zàng yǒu rú cǐ duō de yí jì 。”
“这裂谷也不知道上古之时是何处地界，竟然埋葬有如此多的遗迹。”
"Brother, it looks like this place!"
bù jǐn jǐn shì jiàn zhù fèi xū ， yuè wǎng xià èr rén hái bù shí kě yǐ kàn dào dà liàng duī jī de shī gǔ 。
不仅仅是建筑废墟，越往下二人还不时可以看到大量堆积的尸骨。
Just as they reached about three thousand feet underground, Sun Luanye finally spoke up.
yǒu rén lèi de ， yě yǒu bù zhī míng jù xíng shēng wù de 。
有人类的，也有不知名巨型生物的。
The Dust-Parting Boat suddenly stopped.
ràng zòng shǐ jiàn duō shí guǎng de liǎng rén dōu yǒu xiē àn zì xīn jīng 。
让纵使见多识广的两人都有些暗自心惊。
The pressure was immense. The red light outside kept swirling to counteract the external pressure.
“ gē ， hǎo xiàng jiù shì zhè lǐ le ！”
“哥，好像就是这里了！”
Sun Luanye and Ji Hongdiao looked around but couldn't find any ruins.
jī hū lái dào dì dǐ sān qiān duō zhàng de shí hòu ， sūn lù yáo zhōng yú fā huà le 。
几乎来到地底三千多丈的时候，孙路遥终于发话了。
"The changes are too great; there's no trace of what it used to be like, but the depth is about right," Sun Luanye said.
dù chén zhōu shū rán zhǐ zhù 。
渡尘舟倏然止住。
Ji Hongdiao examined: "Here..."
cǐ chù yā lì yǐ jīng jí dà ， dù chén zhōu wài hóng sè guāng yùn bù tíng huí xuán 、 jiāng wài jiè yā pò huà jiě 。
此处压力已经极大，渡尘舟外红色光晕不停回旋、将外界压迫化解。
"Something seems off!"
sūn lù yuǎn yǔ jì hóng dào huán gù sì zhōu ， què bìng méi yǒu zhǎo dào yí jì suǒ zài 。
孙路远与纪宏道环顾四周，却并没有找到遗迹所在。
A round array disk flew out from his chest and hovered above him, casting white light around.
“ biàn huà tài dà ， yì diǎn méi yǒu dāng nián hén jì le 。 bù guò shēn dù dǎo shì dí què chà bu duō 。” sūn lù yuǎn dào 。
“变化太大，一点没有当年痕迹了。不过深度倒是的确差不多。”孙路远道。
Under the white light, Sun Luanye vaguely saw some golden characters flashing by.
jì hóng dào yě dǎ liàng zhe ：“ zhè lǐ ……”
纪宏道也打量着：“这里……”
"Amazingly, there are still remnants of an array," Sun Luanye was surprised.
“ hǎo xiàng yǒu gǔ guài ！”
“好像有古怪！”
Though he wasn't skilled in arrays, he knew some basic principles.
yí gè yuán xíng zhèn pán cóng tā huái zhōng fēi chū ， xuán yú tóu dǐng ， cháo zhe zhōu wéi zhào shè chū bái guāng 。
一个圆形阵盘从他怀中飞出，悬于头顶，朝着周围照射出白光。
"Brother, it seems we can enter here."
bái guāng zhào yào xià ， sūn lù yuǎn yǐn yuē kě yǐ kàn dào yī xiē àn jīn sè zì fú yī shǎn ér shì 。
白光照耀下，孙路远隐约可以看到一些暗金色字符一闪而逝。
Just as Ji Hongdiao used the array to scan around for an entrance, his younger brother Sun Luanye found one first.
“ jū rán hái yǒu zhèn fǎ cán liú 。” sūn lù yuǎn chī le yī jīng 。
“居然还有阵法残留。”孙路远吃了一惊。
Ji Hongdiao confirmed with the white light of the array disk.
suī rán tā bìng bù jīng tōng zhèn fǎ ， dàn duì yú xiē jī chǔ zhèn lǐ hái shì zhī dào le 。
虽然他并不精通阵法，但对于些基础阵理还是知道了。
Sure enough, where there seemed to be solid rock, golden characters appeared more frequently than before.
“ gē ， zhè lǐ sì hū néng jìn qù 。”
“哥，这里似乎能进去。”
Ji Hongdiao closed his eyes and deduced.
zhèng dāng jì hóng dào yòng zhèn fǎ tàn zhào sì zhōu ， xiǎng yào zhǎo chū rù kǒu de shí hòu 。
正当纪宏道用阵法探照四周，想要找出入口的时候。
After a cup of tea's time, he pointed forward in a low voice.
dì di sūn lù yáo què shì tí qián zhǎo dào le 。
弟弟孙路遥却是提前找到了。
The characters on the paper-like surface shattered as if torn apart.
jì hóng dào dāng jí jiāng zhèn pán bái guāng zhào shè yàn zhèng 。
纪宏道当即将阵盘白光照射验证。
The Dust-Parting Boat slipped into it.
guǒ rán ， zài yī chù kàn shì quán shì jiān yìng yán céng de dì fāng ， jīn sè zì fú chū xiàn de pín lǜ zhī qián yào duō 。
果然，在一处看似全是坚硬岩层的地方，金色字符出现的频率之前要多。
And those broken characters began to reassemble.
jì hóng dào bì mù tuī yǎn 。
纪宏道闭目推衍。
"Don't worry. This is an array that absorbs underground energy and automatically operates."
yī zhǎn chá de gōng fu guò hòu ， tā dī hē shēng ， cháo zhe qián fāng yī zhǐ 。
一盏茶的功夫过后，他低喝声，朝着前方一指。
"Judging from its structure, it's quite different now. It must be old. I've fully mastered its design and can enter freely," Ji Hongdiao said proudly.
wǎn ruò fú zhǐ bèi sī kāi ， wú shù jīn zì pò suì piāo sàn 。
宛若符纸被撕开，无数金字破碎飘散。
Sun Luanye praised: "Invoking Brother Ji for this was the right move! Otherwise, just dealing with this array would have taken me much longer. But something strange is that we didn't find this array before..."
dù chén zhōu chèn jī fēi rù qí zhōng 。
渡尘舟趁机飞入其中。
Suddenly alert, Sun Luanye listened to his brother's conversation through the Wu Liang Mirror and secretly glanced at the ghostly figure nearby, feeling even more reverence.
ér nà xiē pò suì zì fú ， yòu yǒu chóng xīn zhān hé de jì xiàng 。
而那些破碎字符，又有重新粘合的迹象。
Ji Hongdiao broke the array in a cup of tea time.
“ bù yòng dān xīn ， zhè shì yī chù néng gòu xī shōu dì dǐ néng liàng ， zì dòng yùn zhuàn de yǐn nì fǎ zhèn 。”
“不用担心，这是一处能够吸收地底能量，自动运转的隐匿法阵。”
The senior...
“ kàn qí zhèn shì ， gēn xiàn zài jié rán bù tóng 。 yīng gāi yǒu xiē nián tóu le 。 wǒ yǐ jīng wán quán zhǎng wò qí jié gòu ， kě suí yì chū rù 。” jì hóng dào ào rán dào 。
“看其阵式，跟现在截然不同。应该有些年头了。我已经完全掌握其结构，可随意出入。”纪宏道傲然道。
Just by looking, he found the entrance.
sūn lù yuǎn lián shēng gōng wéi ：“ zhè cì qǐng jì xiōng chū shǒu ， zhēn shì tài duì le ！ fǒu zé guāng shì zhè zhèn fǎ ， jiù bù zhī dào yào nán wǒ duō jiǔ 。 bù guò yǒu xiē qí guài de shì ， wǒ men xiōng dì zhī qián lái ， kě bù cún zài zhè zhèn fǎ ……”
孙路远连声恭维：“这次请纪兄出手，真是太对了！否则光是这阵法，就不知道要难我多久。不过有些奇怪的是，我们兄弟之前来，可不存在这阵法……”
Indeed, he could sense this place not because of any intuition but due to guidance from the senior.
sūn lù yuǎn dǒu rán jǐng jué qǐ lái 。
孙路远陡然警觉起来。
Feeling Sun Luanye's mixture of respect and fear, Li Fan didn't pay attention as he divided his focus.
wú liàng jìng zhōng ， tīng zhe gē gē gēn jì hóng dào de duì huà ， sūn lù yáo àn zì kàn le yǎn bù yuǎn chù de nà dào xū yǐng 、 xīn zhōng jìng wèi gèng shèn 。
无量镜中，听着哥哥跟纪宏道的对话，孙路遥暗自看了眼不远处的那道虚影、心中敬畏更甚。
While Sun Luanye and Ji Hongdiao were cautiously exploring, Li Fan had already scanned the entire site using the Wu Liang Mirror in an instant.
jì hóng dào pò zhèn ， yòng le yī zhǎn chá de shí jiān 。
纪宏道破阵，用了一盏茶的时间。
"One Initial Sect?"
ér nà wèi qián bèi ……
而那位前辈……
Li Fan's tone was inexplicably strange.
Ji Hongdiao said arrogantly, "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, this group of people will never dare to be so reckless again."
"Even if it's the Chen Family, they wouldn't dare to offend both the Measurement and Strategy Hall and the Guardian Hall at the same time."
Sun Luanye gave a bow: "Then thank Brother Ji first."
"My destination is Fuguang State and the Great Rift Valley."
Ji Hongdiao's eyes flashed with surprise as he warned, "This journey might have some twists and turns."
Seeing Sun Luanye's slightly surprised expression, he paused: "Why? Because before the Xuanhuang Great Turmoil, the Fuguang Great Rift Valley was compressed and resealed. The landscape is already in ruins, making it difficult to enter from its original fissure..."
Sun Luanye frowned deeply.
After a long while, he sighed: "If that's the case, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."
Sun Luanye took along the slightly recovered Wu Liang Mirror and followed Ji Hongdiao towards their destination. The two clearly had a special relationship; on their way to the Great Rift Valley of Fuguang State, he detailed his reasons for this trip to Ji Hongdiao.
Of course, he downplayed and concealed the full power of the sudden Wind-Extinguishing Disaster emitted by the Wu Liang Mirror.
"Are you suspecting that the site where we first discovered the Wu Liang Mirror was actually caused by it itself?" Ji Hongdiao didn't think much about it since he hadn't witnessed the terrifying disaster, only considering it a threat to Dao Companions.
"Yes. Since this is the source of the Wu Liang Mirror, maybe we can find ways to deal with its destructive effects. Even if we fail, at least we'll gain experience..."
Just as they were chatting, both their expressions suddenly darkened.
They had discovered that a Dao Companion from the Chen Family was following them, just as expected.
"It's Chen Yaru."
"Don't engage him. Get rid of him."
Ji Hongdiao whispered telepathically.
A white light circle enveloped them, and with the array enhancement, their speed suddenly increased several times over in an instant.
They vanished from sight within a blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Chen Yaru hurriedly sped up to follow.
After a moment:
"Brother Ji's Golden Cicada Shell Escape is truly a good trick."
"Hmph. Dealing with these dim-witted alchemists shouldn't be too difficult."
Two ghostly shadows suddenly appeared and flew off in another direction.
Having shaken off the Chen Family, they spent half a day to finally arrive at what was supposed to be the Great Rift Valley of Fuguang State.
Sun Luanye looked at the long dragon mountain range on the ground and grimaced.
"Does Brother Sun remember the exact location from back then?" Ji Hongdiao asked.
After some thought, Sun Luanye replied: "I can only determine the general area. The rest is up to luck."
Just as he spoke, Sun Luanye suddenly sensed a message from his brother.
"Brother, move closer. I seem to have a faint sense."
Sun Luanye was overjoyed.
He flew around the mountain and quickly pinpointed the source of the sensation.
"Wait."
Before Sun Luanye could forcefully enter underground, Ji Hongdiao stopped him.
He took out a flying boat: "Go in."
"A Dust-Parting Boat?!" Sun Luanye was surprised but immediately climbed inside.
The Dust-Parting Boat turned into a yellow light and slowly sank into the ground like ice melting into water.
Looking at the constantly changing layers of earth and the remnants of prohibitions, Sun Luanye sighed: "Thankfully, we have this treasure. Otherwise, it would be much harder."
Ji Hongdiao nodded: "It's also Chief Lu's reward. She has been busy at the Immortal Alliance headquarters recently, so she sent me to run errands for her."
The Dust-Parting Boat descended further, its body colliding with buried objects.
Red and orange light glowed on the surface of the boat, neutralizing the impact.
Ji Hongdiao occasionally cast spells to enhance the boat's protective powers.
"This Great Rift Valley is unknown from ancient times. It seems to be filled with so many ruins."
As they went deeper, they found numerous piles of bones, both human and of unknown giant creatures, shocking even the experienced duo.
"Brother, it looks like this place!"
Just as they reached about three thousand feet underground, Sun Luanye finally spoke up.
The Dust-Parting Boat suddenly stopped.
The pressure was immense. The red light outside kept swirling to counteract the external pressure.
Sun Luanye and Ji Hongdiao looked around but couldn't find any ruins.
"The changes are too great; there's no trace of what it used to be like, but the depth is about right," Sun Luanye said.
Ji Hongdiao examined: "Here..."
"Something seems off!"
A round array disk flew out from his chest and hovered above him, casting white light around.
Under the white light, Sun Luanye vaguely saw some golden characters flashing by.
"Amazingly, there are still remnants of an array," Sun Luanye was surprised.
Though he wasn't skilled in arrays, he knew some basic principles.
"Brother, it seems we can enter here."
Just as Ji Hongdiao used the array to scan around for an entrance, his younger brother Sun Luanye found one first.
Ji Hongdiao confirmed with the white light of the array disk.
Sure enough, where there seemed to be solid rock, golden characters appeared more frequently than before.
Ji Hongdiao closed his eyes and deduced.
After a cup of tea's time, he pointed forward in a low voice.
The characters on the paper-like surface shattered as if torn apart.
The Dust-Parting Boat slipped into it.
And those broken characters began to reassemble.
"Don't worry. This is an array that absorbs underground energy and automatically operates."
"Judging from its structure, it's quite different now. It must be old. I've fully mastered its design and can enter freely," Ji Hongdiao said proudly.
Sun Luanye praised: "Invoking Brother Ji for this was the right move! Otherwise, just dealing with this array would have taken me much longer. But something strange is that we didn't find this array before..."
Suddenly alert, Sun Luanye listened to his brother's conversation through the Wu Liang Mirror and secretly glanced at the ghostly figure nearby, feeling even more reverence.
Ji Hongdiao broke the array in a cup of tea time.
The senior...
Just by looking, he found the entrance.
Indeed, he could sense this place not because of any intuition but due to guidance from the senior.
Feeling Sun Luanye's mixture of respect and fear, Li Fan didn't pay attention as he divided his focus.
While Sun Luanye and Ji Hongdiao were cautiously exploring, Li Fan had already scanned the entire site using the Wu Liang Mirror in an instant.
"One Initial Sect?"
Li Fan's tone was inexplicably strange.